RE: Ask a Bible college Student
November 19, 2016 at 2:49 am
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2016 at 3:39 am by Aristocatt.)
So...not to drudge up some older discussion...
I am wondering what your thoughts on the legality of abortion are.
I'll open this question up to C_L too!
I am assuming you are pro life. If that is the case:
Back when I was Catholic, Judith Thomson's argument for the legality of abortion was pretty compelling. I ended up being generally pro-abortion(legally, at the time I was still morally opposed, that conversion came later) prior to being Agnostic/Atheist.
I am curious if you(Emzah) or C_L have read it, and I am curious what your thoughts are.
Specifically, I found the very first hypothetical incredibly compelling.
I'm wondering if you think abortion in the case of rape should be illegal. If so could you provide a counter argument to Judith Thomson's first hypothetical? Link to the argument is below.
http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil1...homson.htm
If that it isn't the case that legally speaking you are pro-life, maybe you could expand on how your particular branch of theology handles the issue, if at all. E.g. Legal but immoral, or permissible, maybe a little more detail than that!
Also, belated welcome to the forums!
I am wondering what your thoughts on the legality of abortion are.
I'll open this question up to C_L too!
I am assuming you are pro life. If that is the case:
Back when I was Catholic, Judith Thomson's argument for the legality of abortion was pretty compelling. I ended up being generally pro-abortion(legally, at the time I was still morally opposed, that conversion came later) prior to being Agnostic/Atheist.
I am curious if you(Emzah) or C_L have read it, and I am curious what your thoughts are.
Specifically, I found the very first hypothetical incredibly compelling.
I'm wondering if you think abortion in the case of rape should be illegal. If so could you provide a counter argument to Judith Thomson's first hypothetical? Link to the argument is below.
http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil1...homson.htm
If that it isn't the case that legally speaking you are pro-life, maybe you could expand on how your particular branch of theology handles the issue, if at all. E.g. Legal but immoral, or permissible, maybe a little more detail than that!
Also, belated welcome to the forums!